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Through the instant writ petition, the petitioner, Raja Asad Ali, impugns the order dated 12.04.2016, passed by the learned Judge, Family Court (East), Islamabad, dismissing the petitioner’s application for the dismissal of the suit instituted by respondent No.1 for the dissolution of marriage on the basis of khula. 

The record reveals that on 11.09.2015, respondent No.1 had filed a suit against the petitioner for the dissolution of marriage on the basis of khula before the learned Judge, Family Court (West), Islamabad. Thereafter, the petitioner and respondent No.1 resolved their differences, and the said suit was dismissed as withdrawn on 27.10.2015. Apparently, differences again developed between the couple. Consequently respondent No.1, on 27.01.2016 filed another suit against the petitioner for dissolution of marriage on the basis of khula before the learned Judge, Family Court (East), Islamabad. The petitioner filed an application for the dismissal of the suit by asserting that the learned Judge, Family Court (East), Islamabad, did not have territorial jurisdiction to adjudicate upon the matter. Vide order dated 12.04.2016, the learned Judge, Family Court, dismissed the said application. Thereafter, the petitioner filed an application for the review of the order dated